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Royal Military Hospital Camp

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Remains of the Military Hospital , completely demolished by the 1907 earthquake. Tents have been set up on the Up Park Camp grounds to provide shelter for survivors.

Cracks in ground made by earthquake

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Small fissures on the ground after earthquake in 1907.

Item 8 - West India Regiment Album

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An unidentified member of the West India Regiment, standing by a small table and dressed in military uniform.

Item 11 - West India Regiment Album

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Two soldiers of different ranks in the West India Regiment standing together; one salutes the other.

A revival meeting

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Revivalists during a ritual at a revival meeting.

The Pukkumina cultists in ceremonial robes

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Three members of the Pocomania cult pause for a photograph during a ritual. The men are seated before a garden with roses in a bottle and a ceramic vase. The men are holding bibles, vases with roses and candles and they are dressed in ceremonial…

West India Regiment, 1903

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A crowd gathers to witness a military parade or ceremony being conducted by the West India Regiment in 1903.

A military man in the aftermath of the 1907 earthquake

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A soldier stands by a large crack in the earth caused by earthquake in 1907.

Sir John Pringle

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Portrait of Sir John Pringle, a Scottish doctor that came to Jamaica in the 1870s.

Sir Alexander Swettenham Gov. of Jamaica 1904-1907

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Governor Alexander Swettenham standing outside his place of residence.